Andy Murray's long road to a Grand Slam win

1987 - Born May 15 to Judy and William 1992 - Leon Smith, Murray’s former junior coach, describes five-year old Murray as “unbelievably competitive’’ after taking part in an under-10s tournament in Dunblane1996 - Andy and his brother Jamie survive the Dunblane massacre, taking shelter under their headmaster’s desk

February 2006 - Murray beats Leyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick on the way to his first ATP tour title in San Jose, becoming the fourth youngest player ever to win an ATP tour event. He subsequently becomes British No1

November 2007 – Splits with American Brad Gilbert, the coach on a £750,000 a year contract funded by the Lawn Tennis Association. The former coach of Andre Agassi had worked with Murray to get into the top 10 but the relationship soured, with the player often heard berating his coach on court. Murray later appointed a team led by Miles Maclagan, a former British doubles Davis Cup player

July 2012 - A semi-final defeat of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sends Murray through to become Wimbledon’s first British finalist in 74 years. He loses his fourth consecutive grand slam final, not for the first time to his Swiss rival Federer